http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/12/15/cheating-for-charity/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:23:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/12/15/cheating-for-charity/#comment-144095 bint alshamsa Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:30:54 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/12/15/cheating-for-charity/#comment-144095 Well, the thing is there are these little advertisements that appear every time the screen changes (i.e. when you pick a word). So this is really a variation of something that's not new; the proceeds from viewing advertisements are used to support a cause. I'm not against that and I do think that improving your vocabulary makes viewing ads a lot more palatable. However, I do wish that people would just skip the middleman and donate directly to the charity because it would probably result in more money actually being available for use. Well, the thing is there are these little advertisements that appear every time the screen changes (i.e. when you pick a word). So this is really a variation of something that’s not new; the proceeds from viewing advertisements are used to support a cause. I’m not against that and I do think that improving your vocabulary makes viewing ads a lot more palatable. However, I do wish that people would just skip the middleman and donate directly to the charity because it would probably result in more money actually being available for use.

]]> http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/12/15/cheating-for-charity/#comment-140928 Anne Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:58:18 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/12/15/cheating-for-charity/#comment-140928 My step-father told me about this a few weeks ago. He said that thanks to him spending some time the night prior, 4,000 grains of rice were donated. I asked him why the rice couldn't just be donated outright, without the falsity of goodwill, seeing as how we plump Americans can drive to the corner MalWart and buy a whole whopping POUND of rice for under three bucks. Then he called me a socialist and told me I couldn't come to his house anymore. My step-father told me about this a few weeks ago. He said that thanks to him spending some time the night prior, 4,000 grains of rice were donated. I asked him why the rice couldn’t just be donated outright, without the falsity of goodwill, seeing as how we plump Americans can drive to the corner MalWart and buy a whole whopping POUND of rice for under three bucks. Then he called me a socialist and told me I couldn’t come to his house anymore.

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